A trio of Nebraska players were honored Tuesday morning as the Big Ten announced its all-conference selections from both the coaches and media.

Derrick Walker leads the trio, as he was a second-team selection by the Big Ten coaches, while the media listed the senior as an honorable-mention pick. Keisei Tominaga was named honorable mention by both the coaches and media, while Sam Griesel was Nebraska's sportsmanship honoree.

Walker becomes the first Husker since 2018 to earn at least second-team honors, following a season where he leads the Huskers in scoring (13.7 ppg), rebounding (7.3 rpg), assists (3.8 apg), field goal percentage (.587) and blocked shots (0.7 bpg). He is one of two power conference players to lead his team in scoring, reboundng and assists.  Walker finished the regular season ranked 19th in the Big Ten in scoring and in the top 10 in rebounding (ninth), assists (eighth) and field goal percentage (.587, second). He has five 20-point games, including a career-high 23 points against Maryland and five games of at least 10 rebounds.  In Big Ten play, he averaged 13.6 points per game on 56 percent shooting along with 6.7 rebounds (11th) and 3.8 assists per game (10th).

Tominaga earned his first Big Ten honor, as he enters the conference tournament averaging 12.8 points per game while shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range. One of only two Huskers to play all 31
regular-season games, Tominaga leads NU in 3-pointers (64) and 3-point percentage (.403). During conference play, he led NU in scoring at 14.2 ppg to rank 15th in the conference while also ranking among Big Ten leaders in field goal percentage (.510, seventh) and 3-pointers per game (2.4, fifth) as he shot 41 percent from beyond the arc. He had seven of his eight 20-point games during Big Ten contests, including a career-high 30-point effort against Penn State.

Griesel is honored for his contributions on and off the court. The senior was NU's third-leading scorer (11.8 ppg) while dishing out 3.8 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game. He has 18 double-figure games, including three double-doubles. Off the court, he has been active in the Huskers' outreach efforts this year and coordinated a blood drive last month that saw the Red Cross raise 78 units of blood for the Lincoln community.
The Huskers return to action on Wednesday, as they take on Minnesota in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. Tipoff is set for around 8 p.m. on the Huskers Radio Network.

Edey is AP Big Ten player of year; Painter, Collins honored

BY: The Associated Press

Purdue's Zach Edey is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and the Boilermakers' Matt Painter and Northwestern's Chris Collins split coach of the year honors.

Edey received all but one vote for player of the year in balloting by 14 journalists who cover the conference. Maryland's Jahmir Young beat out Indiana's Jalen Hood-Schifino for newcomer of the year.

Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis were unanimous selections to the AP All-Big Ten first team.

The 7-foot-4, 305-pound Edey led the Boilermakers to their first outright Big Ten regular-season championship since 2017. He goes into the conference tournament averaging 21.9 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game and is on track to become the first player since Navy's David Robinson in 1985-86 to have at least 750 points, 450 rebounds and 50 blocked shots in a season.

Edey's nine games of 25 points and 10 rebounds are the most for a major-college player since 2006-07, and he's on pace to become the first Big Ten player in over 50 years to average 22 points and 13 rebounds per game in a season.

Jackson-Davis averages 20.5 points 11 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game and joins Edey as the only high-major players to average at least 20, 11 and 2. Jackson-Davis is on the first team for the second time in three years. He was on the second team last season.

Joining Edey and Jackson-Davis on the first team are Northwestern's Boo Buie, Penn State's Jalen Pickett and Iowa's Kris Murray.

Young, in his first season at Maryland after playing his first three at Charlotte, leads the Terrapins with 16.3 points per game. He has nine games with at least 20 points, including 30 in a win over Ohio State, and his 37 steals lead the team.

Painter has won at least 25 games in 11 of his 18 seasons at Purdue, which is in contention for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers were picked fifth in the preseason media poll, but they spent all but three days of the conference season tied or in sole possession of first place.

Collins shares coach of the year after leading Northwestern to a tie for second place after being picked 13th. With Buie running the point, the Wildcats (21-10, 12-8) have their first overall and conference winning records since Collins' 2016-17 team won a game in the NCAA Tournament.

FIRST TEAM

Guard — Boo Buie, Northwestern, Sr., 6-2, 180, Albany, New York.

Guard — Jalen Pickett, Penn State, Sr., 6-4, 209, Rochester, New York.

u-Forward — Trayce Jackson-Davis, Sr., 6-9, 245, Greenwood, Indiana.

Forward — Kris Murray, Iowa, Jr., 6-8, 220, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

u-Center — Zach Edey, Purdue, Jr., 7-4, 305, Toronto.

—“u” denotes unanimous selection.

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SECOND TEAM

Guard — Jahmir Young, Maryland, Gr., 6-1, 185, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Guard — Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana, Fr., 6-6, 213, Pittsburgh.

Guard — Terrence Shannon, Illinois, Sr., 6-6, 225, Chicago.

Center — Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers, Jr., 6-11, 240, Benin City, Nigeria.

Center — Hunter Dickinson, Michigan, Jr., 7-1, 260, Alexandria, Virginia.

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Coach of the year (tie) — Matt Painter, Purdue, and Chris Collins, Northwestern.

Player of the year — Zach Edey, Purdue.

Newcomer of the year — Jahmir Young, Maryland.